Wabash River Coal Gasification Repowering Project -- Early commercial operation experience
- Destec Energy, Inc., Terre Haute, IN (United States)
- Destec Energy, Houston, TX (United States)
- PSI Energy, Inc., Terre Haute, IN (United States)
The Wabash River Coal Gasification Repowering Project (WRCGRP), a joint venture between Destec Energy, Inc. and PSI Energy, Inc., began commercial operation in November of 1995. The project, selected by the US Department of Energy (DOE) under the Clean Coal Program (Round IV) represents the largest operating coal gasification combined cycle plant in the world. This Demonstration Project has allowed PSI Energy to repower a 1950`s vintage steam turbine and install a new syngas fired combustion turbine to provide 262 MW (net) of electricity in a clean, efficient manner in a commercial utility setting while utilizing locally mined high sulfur Indiana bituminous coal. In doing so, the project is also demonstrating some novel technology while advancing the commercialization of integrated coal gasification combined cycle technology. This paper will discuss the early commercial operation experience of the Wabash Project, focusing on environmental performance and the achievement of the design capacity rating.
- OSTI ID:
- 504672
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-960954-; TRN: IM9733%%87
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 13. annual international Pittsburgh coal conference, Pittsburgh, PA (United States), 3-7 Sep 1996; Other Information: PBD: 1996; Related Information: Is Part Of Thirteenth annual international Pittsburgh coal conference: Proceedings. Volume 1; Chiang, S.H. [ed.]; PB: 786 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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